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Bush and Balkenende hold 'candid' talks on climate, Afghanistan
Jun 6, 2008, 0:06 GMT
Washington - President George W Bush assured his Dutch counterpart that the United States is serious about addressing climate change after a meeting of the two leaders Thursday at the White House.
Bush said he and Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende held a 'candid discussion' on the topic and said beating back global warming went 'hand in hand' with US efforts to reduce its dependency on oil.
'We've developed a strategy to encourage the advent of new technologies that will change our habits (and) at the same time allow us to empower our economy in a way that will help us be good stewards of the environment,' Bush said.
Bush also welcomed the continued Dutch troop contribution to the war in Afghanistan. The Netherlands is among the NATO countries helping fight the Taliban in the volatile southern provinces of the country.
Balkenende said it was 'necessary to work together' to ensure success in Afghanistan and urged progress in the fight against global warming.
The US, unlike the European Union, has so far refused to adopt mandatory caps on greenhouse-gas emissions blamed for global warming, and Balkenende eluded to some of those disagreements in his remarks.
'Of course, when you're friends, sometimes there are issues you do not agree about. But because you have a friendship, then you can talk about finding solutions and talk about critical aspects,' he said.
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Speaking of obfuscation, has anyone noticed that we are now talking about 'Climate Change' instead of 'Global Warming'? Could that be because there really isn't any such thing as anthropogenic global warming? If not why the sudden change in terms?
really that stupid, noharness? It is the typical neocon game. If they change the name then the problem doesn't exist. If it doesn't exist them they don't have to do anything about it. It's like putting water in a Good Scotch. All you get is diluted peat bog, not Ambrosia. Stop being an Ostrich and hiding your head up your butt.
LIES
...er.. not exactly as ' Black Elk Speaks'
This book written in 1933 and looks into the future....by a Sioux red indian 'native American'
It's a masterpiece.
Read and see....
What I particuarly like is he describes a huge world war fought over dwindling oil supplies and yes Global Warming is there as well.
Amazing stuff from a guy that fought in the Battle of Bighorn and even more remarkable when you think that the book was first published in 1933 and is still in print.
Try and find a second-hand copy on E-Bay for a couple of dollars.
The Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Battle of the Little Bighorn
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Strength
Believed to be 949 lodges (probably 900 - 1,800 warriors) 31 officers,
566 troopers,
15 armed civilians,
~35-40 scouts
Casualties and losses
Believed to be at least 36 killed, ~168 wounded
(according to Sitting Bull); or 136 killed, 160 wounded (according to Red Horse) ~268 killed (16 officers, 242 troopers, 10 civilians/scouts),
~55 wounded
[Battle of the Little Bighorn—also known as Custer's Last Stand, and, in the parlance of the relevant Native Americans, the Battle of the Greasy Grass—was an armed engagement between a Lakota-Northern Cheyenne combined force and the 7th Cavalry of the United States Army. It occurred between June 25 and June 26, 1876, near the Little Bighorn River in the eastern Montana Territory.
The battle was the most famous action of the Indian Wars, and was a remarkable victory for the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne, led by Sitting Bull. The U.S. Seventh Cavalry, of which a column of seven-hundred men led by George Armstrong Custer, was defeated; Custer himself was killed in the engagement along with two of his brothers.
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More liesJun 6th, 2008 - 01:36:54
and obfuscation from Bush. He isn't going to do anything.
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